Later, I realized that the mission had to end in a let-down because the real barrier wasn't in the sky but in our knowledge and experience of supersonic flight.

Hey Ridley, that Machometer is acting screwy. It just went off the scale on me.

In 1966, NASA took over in space, and it has been a bureaucratic mess ever since.

I don't think about life everlasting. If something doesn't have scientific evidence to back it up, I don't believe it. I'm a straight shooter.

There's no such thing as a natural-born pilot.

The first time I ever saw a jet, I shot it down.

Later, I realized that the mission had to end in a let-down because the real barrier wasn't in the sky but in our knowledge and experience of supersonic flight.